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@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ It can monitor these values: - CPU Temperature - CPU Core (SVI2) Voltage, Current and Power - SOC (SVI2) Voltage, Current and Power - - Package and Core Power + - Package and Core Power (RAPL) - Core Frequency (from OS)  ## Dependencies - [zenpower driver](https://github.com/ocerman/zenpower/) - For monitoring CPU temperature and SVI2 sensors - - MSR driver - For monitoring Package/Core Power + - MSR driver - For monitoring Package/Core Power (RAPL) Follow [zenpower README.md](https://github.com/ocerman/zenpower/blob/master/README.md) to install and activate zenpower module. Enter `sudo modprobe msr` to enable MSR driver. @@ -23,9 +23,25 @@ Make sure that GTK3 dev package and common build tools are installed. make ``` -## Running +## Launching +You can launch app by `sudo ./zenmonitor`, or you can install it to your system and then launch it from your OS menu. + +Note: Because superuser privileges are usually needed to access data from MSR driver, you need to launch zenmonitor as root for monitoring CPU power usage (RAPL). + +## Installing +By default, Zenmonitor will be installed to /usr/local. +``` +sudo make install +``` + +To add menu item for launching zenpower as root (Polkit is required): +``` +sudo make install-polkit +``` + +## Uninstalling ``` -sudo ./zenpower +sudo make uninstall ``` ## Setup on ubuntu @@ -39,5 +55,6 @@ cd ~ git clone https://github.com/ocerman/zenmonitor cd zenmonitor make -sudo ./zenmonitor +sudo make install +sudo make install-polkit ``` |